Pro-Abortion Group Vows to Fight Legislation Prohibiting Abortion in Arkansas

This week the pro-abortion group Arkansas Abortion Support Network issued a press release vowing to oppose S.B. 6, the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act, by Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville).

The Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act would prohibit abortion in Arkansas except when the mother’s life is at risk. The bill would give the federal courts an opportunity to dismantle Roe v. Wade and other pro-abortion rulings.

Arkansas Abortion Support Network says it plans to organize phone calls to state legislators, post card writing campaigns, letters to the editor, and demonstrations at the Arkansas Capitol.

It’s important to remember that the vast majority of Arkansans believe abortion ought to be either completely illegal or legal only in certain circumstances. That’s what the Unborn Child Protection Act does.

Pro-life Arkansans need to be prepared to stand up for the sanctity and dignity of human life in 2021.

Family Council is committed to supporting S.B. 6, the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act, and we plan to encourage all of our friends and supporters around the state to do the same.

Court Ruling Could Save Hundreds of Unborn Children in Arkansas Every Year

Former State Rep. Andy Mayberry (R – Hensley) presents Act 45 before the House Public Health Committee in this photo from 2017.

This week the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request by the ACLU for a hearing before the entire court regarding four pro-life laws the Arkansas Legislature passed in 2017.

The ruling paves the way for the enforcement of some really good, pro-life laws in Arkansas.

One of the laws is Act 45 of 2017 prohibiting certain surgical abortions in which an unborn baby is dismembered.

Act 45 effectively prohibits D&E and sharp curettage abortions in Arkansas.

The ACLU has indicated it isn’t finished fighting against this law, but if the law is upheld, we estimate it could save 300 – 600 unborn children every single year, based on annual abortion reports from the Arkansas Department of Health.

Isn’t it incredible that a single law has the potential to save so many lives every single year?

Public opinion polling shows the vast majority of Arkansans believe abortion ought to be either completely illegal or legal only in certain circumstances.

Arkansas’ abortion rate has been cut in half since 2000, and Arkansas’ abortion numbers sit at a 43-year low.

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s office has won some big, pro-life victories in court.

Americans United for Life recently recognized Arkansas as the most pro-life state in America.

And Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) recently filed S.B. 6, the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act, which would prohibit abortion in Arkansas except to save the life of the mother.

Arkansans are leaders in the pro-life movement. Slowly but surely we are winning the fight to protect unborn children in our state.

Bayer Gives Planned Parenthood Clinic in Little Rock $40K Grant

Bayer has awarded a $40,000 grant to the Planned Parenthood facility in Little Rock, according to statements from Planned Parenthood and Bayer.

The grant is being awarded through a partnership between Bayer and the organization Direct Relief.

According to Planned Parenthood, the abortion facility in Little Rock will receive $40,000 “to fund innovative projects in 2021, focused on expanding reproductive and sexual health care and education” in Arkansas.

Planned Parenthood reports that the money will fund “transformative pilot programs” in Arkansas and Indiana, and that the program in Arkansas will focus on transportation — presumably transporting women to and from Planned Parenthood’s abortion facility on Aldersgate Road.

Pro-life Arkansans routinely pray outside Little Rock’s abortion facilities — including the Planned Parenthood facility. If you would like to be part of this rewarding ministry, call our office at (501) 375-7000, and we will connect you with the volunteers who lead this effort.